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Annona Species Monograph.pdf - Crops for the Future

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Glossary<br />

grafting - a method of propagation, by inserting a section of one plant,<br />

usually a shoot, into ano<strong>the</strong>r, so that <strong>the</strong>y cam grow toge<strong>the</strong>r into a single<br />

plant.<br />

gynoecium - all <strong>the</strong> female parts of a flower.<br />

H<br />

haploid - half <strong>the</strong> full set of genetic material found in a chromosome.<br />

hermaphrodite - bisexual - with both male and female reproductive parts in<br />

<strong>the</strong> same flower.<br />

homonym - a scientific name given two or more times to plants of <strong>the</strong> same<br />

taxonomic rank but which are quite distinct from each o<strong>the</strong>r.<br />

hybrid - a cross-breed of two species, usually having some characteristics of<br />

both parents.<br />

hypocotyl - <strong>the</strong> axis of an embryo below <strong>the</strong> cotyledons which on seed<br />

germination develops into <strong>the</strong> radicle.<br />

I<br />

indehiscent - not regularly opening , as a seed pod or an<strong>the</strong>r.<br />

indigenous - native and original to <strong>the</strong> region.<br />

inflorescence - <strong>the</strong> flowering part of a plant and especially <strong>the</strong> mode of its<br />

arrangement.<br />

integuments - an outer covering or coat.<br />

K<br />

karyotype - characterization of a chromosome set of an individual or group.<br />

L<br />

lamina - a blade, <strong>the</strong> leafy portion of a frond or leaf.<br />

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